Reviews

[Sundance Review] Life, Animated

Another uplifting, inspirational documentary on the subject of autism and one family’s struggles, Life, Animated follows the story of the Suskind family and the...

[Review] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

From the opening moments, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies wears its awkward charm on its sleeve. The self-serious Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) has crashed a ball in 19...

[Sundance Review] White Girl

Testing the patience and sanity of its audience, White Girl plays like one of those nights where a friend lets their freak flag fly while you’re the sober one e...

[Review] Hail, Caesar!

Dozens of films try to copy the Coens every year, and yet no one ever comes close. They have developed such a delicate, fluid witches' brew of talent behind and...

[Sundance Review] The Eyes of My Mother

Here is where I go off-book for my final Sundance review. The film is Nicolas Pesce's frightening The Eyes of My Mother, and I am not its target audience. This ...

[Sundance Review] The Greasy Strangler

If a tree falls in the forest, does anyone hear it? By the same token, if a midnight movie premieres on VOD or screens at an empty AMC multiplex at 2PM, is it s...

[Sundance Review] Embrace of the Serpent

With its focus on the effects of exploration by white men on foreign lands, Ciro Guerra’s Oscar-nominated Embrace of the Serpent will inevitably be compared to ...